The Me I Used to Be
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—Publishers Weekly (starred review)
“Ryan tells a touching story . . . The novel unfolds into a delicate romance that becomes something intensely sexy as Gillian discovers strength she never knew she had in the arms of a man who wants to keep her safe.”
—RT Magazine
Praise for Montana Men: At Wolf Ranch
“Grab onto your saddles and get ready for a fun ride! Jennifer Ryan’s At Wolf Ranch will remind you that there’s nothing sexier than a real cowboy. It’s a winner from start to finish!”
—Brenda Novak, New York Times and USA Today bestselling author
“ At Wolf Ranch is a masterpiece of a mystery with a powerful ending. The drama and tension builds page by page drawing you into a maze of corruption and greed that has the reader hungry for what will be uncovered next. Nothing is what it seems. That is the beauty of this well constructed story. Jennifer Ryan has just moved up my list of must read authors.”
—Fresh Fiction
Praise for The Hunted: Everything She Wanted
“Infused with intense drama, a dab of suspense, and oodles of bloodshed, this action-packed romp is a high-stakes page-turner.”
—Publishers Weekly
Praise for The Hunted: Saved by the Rancher
“Ryan has created an emotional story of love and redemption and proves she certainly knows how to create an atmosphere of constant fear . . . The complexity of the main characters gives the book a welcome depth, and their growing intimacy mitigates much of the darkness left in the wake of the story’s formidable villain. With memorable secondary characters, including a remarkable dog named Sally, this is a reading experience not easily forgotten.”
—Romantic Times
Also by Jennifer Ryan
WILD ROSE RANCH SERIES
Dirty Little Secret
MONTANA HEAT SERIES
Tempted by Love
Montana Heat: True to You
Montana Heat: Escape to You
Montana Heat: Protected by Love
MONTANA MEN SERIES
His Cowboy Heart
Her Renegade Rancher
Stone Cold Cowboy
Her Lucky Cowboy
When It’s Right
At Wolf Ranch
THE MCBRIDES SERIES
Dylan’s Redemption
Falling for Owen
The Return of Brody McBride
THE HUNTED SERIES
Everything She Wanted
Chasing Morgan
The Right Bride
Lucky Like Us
Saved by the Rancher
SHORT STORIES
“Close to Perfect”
(appears in Snowbound at Christmas)
“Can’t Wait”
(appears in All I Want for Christmas Is a Cowboy)
“Waiting for You”
(appears in Confessions of a Secret Admirer)
Copyright
This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously and are not to be construed as real. Any resemblance to actual events, locales, organizations, or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.
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THE ME I USED TO BE. Copyright © 2019 by Jennifer Ryan. All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. By payment of the required fees, you have been granted the nonexclusive, nontransferable right to access and read the text of this e-book on-screen. No part of this text may be reproduced, transmitted, downloaded, decompiled, reverse-engineered, or stored in or introduced into any information storage and retrieval system, in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical, now known or hereafter invented, without the express written permission of HarperCollins e-books.
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Digital Edition JUNE 2019 ISBN: 978-0-06-288392-6
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Contents
Cover
Title Page
Dedication
Chapter One
Chapter Two
Chapter Three
Chapter Four
Chapter Five
Chapter Six
Chapter Seven
Chapter Eight
Chapter Nine
Chapter Ten
Chapter Eleven
Chapter Twelve
Chapter Thirteen
Chapter Fourteen
Chapter Fifteen
Chapter Sixteen
Chapter Seventeen
Chapter Eighteen
Chapter Nineteen
Chapter Twenty
Chapter Twenty-One
Chapter Twenty-Two
Chapter Twenty-Three
Chapter Twenty-Four
Chapter Twenty-Five
Chapter Twenty-Six
Chapter Twenty-Seven
Chapter Twenty-Eight
Chapter Twenty-Nine
Chapter Thirty
Chapter Thirty-One
Chapter Thirty-Two
Chapter Thirty-Three
Chapter Thirty-Four
Chapter Thirty-Five
Chapter Thirty-Six
Chapter Thirty-Seven
P.S. Insights, Interviews & More . . .*About the Author
About the Book
Praise
Also by Jennifer Ryan
Copyright
About the Publisher